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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Honest question - is there side of Lloydminster that people prefer to live and do business on? It seems that they have done their best to make both sides as "equal" as possible, but if someone was opening a business or buying a house, where would a local do it?
I have never actually been there, and don't see it happening anytime soon, but the border town thing is something I have wondered.
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My information is about 25 years out of date, but when I lived there, the Alberta side was more-preferred because the provincial taxes were quite a bit lower. When I lived there, the population was about 17,000, which was split about 10,000 AB and 7,000 SK. I think the disparity is even bigger now, with a total population around 30,000 and about 2/3 in Alberta.
For me, as an early-20s male, it was actually cheaper to live in Saskatchewan because the car insurance was significantly cheaper. Also, rent was quite a bit cheaper in SK (as were house prices).
I don't know if there's a significant difference for businesses, but most retail businesses are in Alberta. I don't know if that's for financial reasons or if they all just tend to cluster together along the main traffic routes because no one wants to build a store far away from all the other stores in town.
Also, with the lower drinking age, most of the nightlife was on the Alberta side.